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74 thoughts on “Hawaii Visitors: Don’t Waste Time Buying Gas at Costco”
Wow, On Kauai Costco gas is generally between 60 and 75 cents a gallon less. Lines are long in the late afternoon and evening near closing [open after store closes!] there is no real line! I have used Costco exclusively since they opened. You can use a cash card from the store, just keep one in the glovebox and skip the cash!
costco gas is definitely taking advantage of their customers at this point. the disparity in gas prices are similar to other gas stations and in some cases it is cheaper at other gas outlets…unheard of before. what’s going on?
The writer for that when you buy gas at Costco you get a further discount per gallon on you purchase.
I can’t understand why you keep hating on Costco! Did you have a bad experience there or your family participates in competition with them. In some cases there’s 53 cents a gallon difference that’s a big difference! But this is the second time I’ve seen you push this article so there’s something else behind it. Don’t get me wrong I don’t have a love affair for Costco but why aren’t you talking about high crime and Waikiki and be careful when you’re walking down the street if you really care about the tourists that are coming here?? When lex Brody Sr was alive I always bought gas there because they were the same as Costco.
We just visited and left Maui 3 days ago. Gas Buddy confirmed that Costco and Safeway near the airport were the cheapest places to buy gas. Both were under $5 per gallon. We didn’t see anything cheaper than that anywhere else on the island.
Although I see your point to some extent, you forgot to mention the other 7% rebate to Costco credit card holders in addition to the Lower prices. Not a big deal, but with gas at around $6 a gallon, that’s around an extra $0.42 for each gallon, thought it was worth mentioning.
7%? I think you mean 4%. Still good.
If you want gas at Costco, go inside and buy a hot dog.
I moved to the BI 3 1/2 years ago and gas was $2.55 a gallon which was $1.00 cheaper than any other gas on the island. Fast forward to today and a much different economy, Costco gas is $5.47, where most other stations are $5.59, so needless to say the savings are gone. Looks like Costco is taking advantage of it’s customers by gouging them, this is evident by Safeway currently selling gas at $5.21, 26 cents a gallon cheaper than Costco. They should be ashamed of themselves, I for one, have stopped filling up at Costco.
The free market says “Hello”!
Being on the BI for 15 years, 12 of those years has been driving and 8 of those have been getting gas at Costco. Kona side doesn’t have a cheaper alternative. As long as you plan out your day and make a trip of it. It is totally worth it. Specially if you are filling up 25-30+ gallons a trip for off grid living. Our Safeway doesn’t have a gas station, and most local stops don’t give decent enough discounts for the trouble.
Actually, what you are seeing is other retailers that have had to step back on the price gouging in order to compete with Costco. Costco only adjusts prices when the vendors adjust their pricing and not just because everyone else is doing it, and when their cost goes down, so does the price that the Members pay. Costco also limits it’s price margins where other retailers do not, and they treat their members, employees and vendors with dignity. Sadly, nowadays there are a lot of companies that cannot say the same.